A friends hp dv8000 notebook runs really really slow...takes 10 mins to load windows xp. I recommended she get more RAM which she got and I just installed...No help. Also defraged the hard drive, emptied cache, eliminated the not needed start up programs...Still runs slow. I am thinking about doing a system repair...But, never did such without disc's(Operating system is on separate partition) So, is reinstalling or repairing the operating system (win XP) fairly easy to do using the separate partition function?